Today's News

The long road home is nearly over for Kim Nagle.
Nagle’s Dry Ridge home on Adams Road was destroyed on March 2, 2012 when a tornado wrecked its way across Grant and Kenton counties.
In late October, ground was broken by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati on a new home for Nagle and her three grandchildren, Genevieve, Christopher and Sierrah.

The house, which the family has yet to move into, was dedicated at a celebration April 5.
The family can’t wait to move in.

Although events will be scaled backed, there will be no less praying May 2 as Grant County celebrates the National Day of Prayer.
Volunteers from several local churches are joining to organize the event, which is in its fifth year in the county.
In previous years, the day kicked off with a free breakfast and included a free luncheon and evening prayer service.
This year’s celebration, however, will be “vastly simplified and very focused,” said Pastor Tony McKinnon of Family Worship Center of Grant County.

Alpine Hills Dairy and Country Pumpkins of Grant County is one of the 103 markets across the Commonwealth recently accepted into the 2013 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program.
 In joining the Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program, Alpine Hills Dairy and Country Pumpkins has committed to offering quality products and service to its customers. Its acceptance by Farm Bureau tells customers that Alpine Hills Dairy and Country Pumpkins meets the highest standards of quality, freshness and marketing appeal.

Kody Thompson of Dry Ridge has made the dean’s list in the college of health sciences for the fall 2012 semester.

.Thompson earned a 4.0 grade point average, in recognition of this he also made the President’s List for the fall semester 2012.  Only a few students excel to the point of perfection during a semesters work.

Thompson is pursuing a bachelors degree in physical science degree majoring in physical therapy.
His projected graduation date is the summer of 2013.